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Glendale goes nuclear on Arizona Coyotes
Sorry for the glamorous headline but there is no other way to explain it. Yesterday, the Glendale City Council scheduled a special meeting for today that could potentially cancel their two year old lease and operating agreement claiming that the Coyotes are in breach of their agreement. It appears the city council is citing Arizona State law 38.511: […]
The truth about Florida Hockey
This Stanley Cup Playoff has brought a lot of attention to Florida hockey. A packed barn with rabid fans and great TV ratings. Success has not been limited to the playoffs either. An NHL team in Florida was top 10 in NHL attendance this year and averaged 98% capacity. The bummer for the Florida Panthers is that it is happening less than 300 miles […]
SoDo Arena Update: Hansen Speaks
SoDo land owner and prospective NBA franchise owner in Seattle, Chris Hansen, made news today when he spoke to a couple of local media outlets today. This morning he spoke to local AP reporter, Tim Booth, and this afternoon he jumped on the Dave Softy Mahler show on KJR. The executive summary of his message […]
How Tukwila Stacks Up
Full disclosure: This is somewhat recycled content but wanted to update some of the maps I have done with the news from yesterday. Population As most of you know, the bulk of the population is located in Seattle and the East Side (Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Sammamish). The Tukwila site is roughly equal distance for the two locations. […]
Tukwila plans start to emerge
As we have been hearing for a while now, Ray Bartozek is putting an alternative arena plan together in the Tukwila Area. Originally, the Tukwila site was thought to be at the Unified Grocers site just south of Boeing Field along the Light Rail line but based on Craig’s article, the site is off 405 […]
Market viability?
A few weeks ago, the American City Business Journal (ACBJ) published an article about the most viable sports markets to add a franchise. There methodology was based on US Bureau of Economic Analysis Total Personal Income (TPI) for 2013 and team revenue data and average ticket prices of pro and big 5 college teams sports […]
Survey, Shirts & NHL Bracket Challenge
Just a quick note on some things going on right now. Survey I am once again conducting a survey and will be publishing the results in the next week or so. It is light weight and should take no more than 5 minutes to complete. Do me a solid and fill it out. Shirts By popular demand, I’ve […]
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